Chapter 78 – Interrogate Regarding the Origin

Unexpectedly, the Old Princess Consort, who has always looked kind, suddenly led the noble servant to take people today.

However, Mo Ru has a good relationship with the people in the Residence. He quickly signaled at a young servant nearby and languaged “Prince” with his mouth.

He just doesn’t know whether he’s smart and loyal enough and hangs until the Prince arrives to save him.

In the beginning, he didn’t care much about it. He thought that the Old Princess Consort would just briefly ask, and just let it off.

After Mo Ru was taken into the Old Princess Consort’s yard, the long stick with thick thorns and the whip with salt water were placed one by one. Mo Ru then realized the Old Princess Consort change her style today and decided if she couldn’t get some answers, she would punish him.

The Old Princess Consort tightened her face and asked who the Mayor of Huaisang County was.

Mo Ru felt that there was nothing to hide, and replied she was the Granddaughter of the Lu family in the State of Xi. The Old Princess Consort thought hard about the Lu family in the State of Xi, but she couldn’t remember which Prince or Marquis has settled down in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

So she asked what kind of contribution they made to be awarded the title. Mo Ru said honestly, “They’re just people who run an escort agency. It seems that their ancestors have no contributions…”

The Old Princess Consort listened straightly and looked at Lian-Chu. Lian-Chu then asked, “What does her father do?”

Mo Ru was also smart. She didn’t mention the section where her father was beheaded. She simply said that the Liu family, a famous family in the Mountain of Pei, had fought along with the founder of the country.

The Old Princess Consort was a little comforted, and she thought it was not too bad. Although her mother’s side of the family was lower, her father’s side of the family was very good. What’s more, this woman has received a new reward title, so it can be seen that her family background was okay.

But Lian-Chu heard something strange. If the husband’s family of her mother is famous, why did Mo Ru choose to mention her mother’s side of the family first? This kid is cunning and there must have some secret in it, so she asked again, “Is her father in office now? Where is he deployed as an official?”

Mo Ru felt that if the Master of the Liu Family was on duty in the underworld, he shouldn’t have known, so he said softly, “I really don’t know…”

Old Princess Chu then asked, “Well, let me ask you what you know. When The Prince came back, did he go to stayover at Lingquan Town North Street?”

Mo Ru could not prevaricate and said that he did not know, so he hesitated and said, “The Prince… Went to visit friends…”

Lian-Chu first hit the table and said, “How dare you, stupid slave! How dare you try to hide. Someone, whipped him with a belt. Let’s see if he is telling the truth!”

The strong slaves clambered around, sprained Mo Ru, whipped in the salt water, and began to whip him.

Mo Ru knows the nature of The Prince. He hates people gossiping around him. Today, if he told the truth that the Mayor of Huaisang County lived together with The Prince without marriage, he would have passed the present challenge, but he would never have passed the Prince’s.

He was the Prince’s personal servant, and he was not a servant in the peaceful Prince’s Residence. He was used to the bloody scene, so he clenched his teeth and stifled.

The Old Princess Consort was also angry at the beginning, but when she saw Mo Ru’s back was ripped open, which was really serious, her heart softened, and said, “Stop it! You this mean slave, he is your Prince, but also my son! Do you think I don’t know that he raised a mistress outside? But you are still keeping your mouth shut. A good person is taught badly by you guys. If you reveal everything today, I will chase you out of the Residence nicely!”

Lian-Chu disliked the Old Princess Consort for being too soft-hearted, so she said fiercely, “Old Princess Consort, why do you keep this stupid slave alive? Just kill him with a stick and drag him to some unmarked common grave to feed the dog!”

Just before Lian-Chu’s voice died, someone was outside and said, “Aunt is so powerful. Is my servant someone who you can order to kill? When does the in-charge of my Residence change to the Lian family?”

Lian-Chu flashed a glance and saw Cui Xingzhou standing in front of the hall with his hands on his back said angrily after looking coldly at the bloody Mo Ru.

It was a relief to see the Prince come. He turned his eyes and simply fainted so that no one would ask him anything again.

Lian-Chu didn’t expect Cui Xingzhou to come so soon. She thought she could get some useful information from the boy’s mouth. Then she will encourage the Old Princess Consort to confront Cui Xingzhou. By then, it will be none of her business. So she gave the Old Princess Consort the idea to trial the boy today, regardless of the prevention of her daughter.

But Cui Xingzhou happened to come when she was speaking some ill words.

Lian-Chu could not help but put on her elders’ manner and said, “Your mother cried to me a few times because you went to Lingquan town. She was very worried about you not coming back to see her yesterday. How could I not ask carefully when I saw you coming back today with a faint alcohol smell? However, the words that your servant said were too irritating, and it also irritated your mother. Thus, I scolded him.”

Cui Xingzhou waved his hand and ordered the guard behind him to take Mo Ru out to heal his wounds. He said calmly, “Thank you for taking the trouble to manage the affairs of my Residence for my mother. It’s not early now. My Uncle must have missed his wife and daughter, too. You and Cousin Lian should hurry back to your Mansion while the sky is fine!”

This is obviously driving them off!

When the Old Princess Consort heard, she felt that her son’s words are a little unrespectful. She told Lian-Chu that Cui Xingzhou had said some nasty words and told her not to take them to heart.

Lian-Chu is also a shameful person. She just got up and left with a tight face.

When Lian-Chu leads his cousin back to their Mansion, Cui Xingzhou then turned to ask the Old Princess Consort, “Mother, what do you want to ask? When your son is finished with work, I will tell you directly. Why do you need to learn from those bitter and harsh women who lynched domestic slaves…

Old Princess Consort Chu also said with a straight face, “When can you finish your work? How do you have the time to talk to me? Go and ask the Court, which one of their children is going to get married, but as the mother-in-law, I don’t know what my daughter-in-law’s family does. You are just like your father. He doesn’t discuss with me when he takes a concubine, and you don’t need me to decide when you marry…”

In the end, Old Princess Consort Chu stirred up the bitterness of her past life and current situation, only sobbing and crying.

Cui Xingzhou could not see her mother’s tears in his life. He just sighed and went to her mother’s feet. He knelt and said, “Mom, you can go and inquire too. Who is like your son who doesn’t need you to worried and always considers everything for you? The woman chosen by me must be a Lady with both ability and integrity. Isn’t you let the servants look down on her if you question her origin?”

Old Princess Consort Chu could not say anything about her son, but asked, “Then tell me, where is her father’s office being an official?”

Cui Xingzhou felt that sooner or later he could not hide from his mother, so he said, “Her father was implicated by Daishan Academy and has been beheaded…”

Old Princess Consort Chu did not expect that her new daughter-in-law has such a background. She took a breath of cold air, leaned back against the back of the chair, stared at her son, and said, “You dare to marry a woman of this origin. Can’t our Cui Family choose a daughter-in-law?”

Cui Xingzhou said calmly, “If you want to choose, there are a lot of people, but none of them is what I want. Now my marriage with her has been reported to The Emperor, and she has also been awarded the title of Mayor by The Emperor. As the County Mayor, she has her own land and appanage, which is similar to that of your son. You can’t find fault with her origin.”

Since The Emperor has granted her the title of Mayor, Old Princess Consort Chu decided not to criticize the origin of her new daughter-in-law first, and then asked, “Tell me about the North Street?”

Cui Xingzhou said, “I do have one…”

“And where is she from?”

“She is also the daughter of the Lu family in the State of Xi…”

Old Princess Consort Chu is becoming more and more resistant to attacks. No matter what her son said, she remains still and asks in a trembling voice, “Are they… Two sisters going to serve you together?”

Cui Xingzhou smiled, “How can your son do such an absurd thing? These two are the same person…”

Old Princess Consort Chu didn’t manage to hold on after all. She leaned back again and said, “You…… Fell in love with her before marriage? She is also from an innocent family. How can her elders ignore her?”

Cui Xingzhou didn’t want to talk to his mother about the Mountain of Yang in detail, so he told her half-truly that she has accidentally injured in the river and was saved by him, but her clothes were soaked and he picked her up from the water himself. He had to take responsibility. After he cured her, he put her in foster care in North Street. When the wound was well, he found her family and went to propose marriage, which was not what outsiders has said.

After hearing this, Old Princess Consort Chu was stunned and felt that her son really should take into account the innocence of this Lady. However, she came from such a low background and it’s considered extremely benevolent to her to bring her into the Residence to be a concubine. Why does he have to marry her as his legal wife?

But the next day, when Cui Xingzhou took Liu Miantang over from Lingquan Town, the Old Princess Consort Chu sat in the high hall and immediately understood.

Her son was not the same as his father, but this lecherous style is so common!

She saw that the Mayor of Huaisang County came down from the small sedan chair wearing a pale lotus-colored tunic, a slender waist like a spring breeze willow, a snow-white neck like a cream sculpture, and all her facial features such as her eyes and nose were exquisite and lovely. Not to mention Lian Binglan’s beauty was less than ten-thousandth times of the woman’s. Even the beauty that Old Princess Consort Chu had seen in the Capital city in her life seemed to be inferior to her.

It is no wonder that her son, who has always been calm and self-confident, seems to have been possessed by evil. He is so fascinated by this woman that he pledged to marry through the grace of saving her life.

When Liu Miantang half bowed her head and knelt to the Old Princess Consort Chu, she did not hear the instruction to stand by the Old Princess Consort. The hall was silent for a moment.

Cui Xingzhou is a little reluctant. The ground is so hard. Miantang is wearing a thin skirt today. Her leg has old injuries and could not resist the coldness of the ground. How can she tolerate kneeling for so long?

So he simply got up and strode to help Miantang up.

Old Princess Consort Chu can’t bare to see her son being so protective of her to-be wife and forget about her presence, and said displeased, “Why? She wants to be the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, and I can’t accept her worship?”

Miantang knew that Old Princess Consort Chu must have been frightened by her origin yesterday, and she should be angry today. Since she had long thought that the elders of the Cui family would treat her coldly, she was very calm. On such occasions, it was not her turn to coax Old Princess Consort Chu, so she lowered her head and stood idly behind Cui Xingzhou.

Cui Xingzhou told her mother a lot yesterday. It’s probably because Miantang had suffered a lot before, but she is sincere and hopes that his mother will treat her like her daughter. Don’t make her feel embarrassed.

It’s a pity that Cui Xingzhou’s mind on women is not as clear as that of a military specialist.

Old Princess Consort Chu felt uncomfortable. How can she straighten it out in a few words?